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DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)

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ID 838972
Lot 5 | DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)
DAVID HOCKNEY (b. 1937)

Four Different Kinds of Water

signed 'Hockney' (on the reverse of the left canvas); signed again 'Hockney' (on the reverse of the second canvas from left)

acrylic on canvas, in four parts

Each: 14 x 10 in. (35.6 x 25.4 cm.)

Painted in 1967





Provenance

Kasmin, Ltd., London.

Tony Richardson, London (acquired from the above, by 1969).

Private collection, Los Angeles (acquired from the above).

Acquired from the above by the late owner, 1999.



Literature

V. S. Naipual, “Escape from the Puritain Ethic" in Daily Telegraph Magazine, 10 December 1971.

N. Stangos, ed., David Hockney by David Hockney, My Early Years, London, 1976, p. 301, no. 195 (illustrated, p. 162).

N. Stangos, ed., Pictures by David Hockney, London, 1979, p. 56 (illustrated).

D. Hockney, Hockney’s Pictures, London, 2004, p. 360 (illustrated in color, pp. 68-69).

M. Gayford, A Bigger Message: Conversations with David Hockney, New York, 2011, p. 244 (illustrated in color, p. 196).

D. Hockney, David Hockney—A Bigger Book: Chronology, Cologne, 2016, p. 90.





Exhibited

New York, Landau-Alan Gallery, New Paintings and Drawings, March-April 1967.

Manchester, Whitworth Art Gallery, Paintings and Prints by David Hockney, February-March 1969, no. 24.

London, Whitechapel Art Gallery, David Hockney: Paintings, Prints and Drawings, 1960-1970, April-May 1970 (illustrated, p. 64, pl. 67.3).

Kestner-Gesellschaft Hannover, David Hockney, May-June 1970, p. 33 (illustrated, no. 40).



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Artist:David Hockney (1937)
Art style:Post War Art
Place of origin:Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom
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